{"id":16314,"date":"2024-08-22T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/mcdonalds-instagram-hacked-to-promote-fake-meme-coin\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:36:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:36:55","slug":"mcdonalds-instagram-hacked-to-promote-fake-meme-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/mcdonalds-instagram-hacked-to-promote-fake-meme-coin\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s Instagram Hacked to Promote Fake Meme Coin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 21, a hacker known as India_X_Kr3w breached the Instagram account of fast-food giant McDonald\u2019s and the X-account of the company&#8217;s marketing director, Guillaume Huin, to promote a fraudulent meme token called GRIMACE.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McDonald&#8217;s official Instagram account was suspected to have been hacked, claiming that it had issued the Meme token &#8220;GRIMACE&#8221; on Solana. The market value of GRIMACE rose to $25 million within 30m and then fell rapidly. Guillaume Huin, the marketing director of McDonald&#8217;s, also\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uLrgxK1DCz\">pic.twitter.com\/uLrgxK1DCz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1826290323691274627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The post claimed that GRIMACE was supposedly a &#8220;McDonald\u2019s experiment&#8221; on the Solana network, accompanied by the token&#8217;s smart contract address. Both messages have since been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Following the post, the asset&#8217;s price surged more than 60-fold to $0.1, with a market capitalization reaching $25 million. At the time of writing, the meme token is trading at $0.0004028 with a market cap of $404,000, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geckoterminal.com\/solana\/pools\/eBV3FvHXjeq73wNVQEddDLm1UG5Jc3aZQUfV7R9LwyE?utm_source=coingecko&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=searchresults\">Gecko Terminal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Instagram profile header, the hacker expressed gratitude for &#8220;$700,000 in Solana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">before they are deleted <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PYdJDWYJmQ\">pic.twitter.com\/PYdJDWYJmQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PostedGo ? (@postedgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/postedgo\/status\/1826287988869153167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IndiaXKr3w\">posts<\/a> on the X-account of India_X_Kr3w, the hacker plans further similar attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, ForkLog reported that the Jupiter team discovered a malicious Chrome extension, Bull Checker, aimed at stealing assets on the Solana network.<\/p>\n<p>Back in July, the X-account of rapper Doja Cat was hacked to promote a scam token.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 21, a hacker known as India_X_Kr3w breached the Instagram account of fast-food giant McDonald\u2019s and the X-account of the company&#8217;s marketing director, Guillaume Huin, to promote a fraudulent meme token called GRIMACE. McDonald&#8217;s official Instagram account was suspected to have been hacked, claiming that it had issued the Meme token &#8220;GRIMACE&#8221; on Solana. 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